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J. H. TUCKER & AFGOZDFREY.

UURTAIN RING FASTENING.

No. 312,233. 7 Patented Feb. 10, 1835.

UNTTnn STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

JAMES H. TUCKER AND ANDRE\V GODFREY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNORS TO JAMES B. ALLEN, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAlN-RING FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,233, dated February 10, 1885.

Application filed Apri' 26, 1884. (No model) To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, JAMEs H. TUCKER and ANDREW GODFREY, of Providence, in

' the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Curtain-Ring Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved ringfastening for curtains. lambrequins, &c.; and it consists in the combination of a curtainring with a metallic clasp provided with inwardly-projecting spurs adapted for insertion into the material of the curtain or lambrequin, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a portion of a curtainbar with a curtain provided with our improved ring-fastening. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section of the curtain-bar and the curtain with an edgeelevation of our improved ring-fastening in position for attachment to the edge of the curtain. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the curtain-barand curtain, showing a modification of our improved ring-fastening attached to the edge of the curtain. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofa piece of sheet metal out out to manufacture one form of our improved fastening. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same, with the curtain-engaging point or spur bent in hook form. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a piece of sheet metal cut out and provided with spurs adapted for another form of our improved curtain-fastening. Fig. '7 is an edge view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 4, A represents a plate of sheet metal cut out in ornamental form at its opposite ends, and having a narrow middle portion, a, which is adapted-when bent to be held in the wire eye b, which is soldered to the ring B transversely, as shown in Fig. 1. The sheet-metal blank A is provided with the projecting spurs c 0, one of which is bent to form a hook, 0, as shown in the edge view, Fig. 5, and when the blank is bent at the middle portion, a, and joined to the curtain-ring B by means of the transvorsely-arranged eye or ring Z), as shown in elevation, Fig. 2, the same will be readyener are to be brought to a parallel position at opposite sides of the curtain, as shown by the dotted lines, and in so doing the spur-hook 0 will be caused to pass through the fabric of the curtain and be bent down upon the opposite side of the same against the opposite ornamental end plate of the fastening. The fastening-plate A is preferably made of annealed stock, so that the same will be adapted for being closed down, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and again opened to the position shown by the full lines, f0r an indefinite number of times, in order to allow of the ready removal of the curtain for cleaning or repairs, and its subsequent reattachment to the rings.

Another form of our improved ring-fastener is shown in Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7, in which the narrow middle portion, a, is made longer than in Fig. 4, and in which the attaching-spurs c c are projected from the surrounding metal of the plate, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and then the middle portion, a, of the blank A is to be bent in the form of a hook, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this case the curtain may be readily unhooked from the rings whenever its removal is desired.

In Fig. 3 the fastening is represented as closed down upon the curtain 0, its open po sition being shown by the dotted lines.-

By making our improved curtain-ring fastening with spurs on one ornamental end only the ready and convenient removability of the curtain-ring will be secured, a slight outward bending of the free end of the fastening sufficing to admit of the removal of the fastening spurs of the opposite end from the curtain fabric; and in the employment of fasteningspurs cut from the surrounding metal, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the spur, by bending back into the opening made into the plate, serves to clamp the curtain material very seeurely.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. The combination of the curtain-ring fastener A, folded upon itself, and having one of its extended end portions, cl, provided with an inwardly-directed spur or spurs, with the separatelyformed ring 13, secured transverse by reason of contact with the inner face of the ]y of the fastener, substantially as described. opposite end portion of the fastenlng, sub- IO 2. The improved curtain-ring fastening bent stantially as described.

or folded upon itself to form a hook, and pro- JAMES H. TUCKER. 5 vided at one end with an inwarrllydirected ANDRE? GODFREY.

spur or spurs adapted for passing through the \Vitnesses:

fabric of the curtain, and for becoming bent SOORA'IES SCHOLFIELD,

and closed down upon the back of the same Gril s. F. SOHMELZ. 

